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Interactive recently spoke with José
Rubi-Gonzalo from WhiteStone
Technology
about how the company is currently using JavaFX in the Workflow
component of its Consolidated Service Desk and IT Service Management
product. Specifically, WhiteStone utilized JavaFX to create an
intuitive tool with a rich set of functionalities that allows users
to create complex business processes using a visual approach.
José
points out that “UI
design is key for a successful application,”
and noted that JavaFX has helped WhiteStone differentiate from other
competitors in the service desk industry by giving them the
capabilities to create a visually rich UI that not only helps users
be more comfortable, but productive as well.

José
said the JavaFX technology was announced at a time when the
WhiteStone was already looking to update its Workflow tool which
José
said “needed to evolve,” to add more functionality without
limiting growth. He said the technology “matched exactly our
needs – a Java based language that fit nicely into our existing
J2EE framework, multi-platform, and multi-screen.” José
said there was a very fast adoption of the technology by the
development team noting: “JavaFX is very easy to pick up for
Java developers so our team was writing code on JavaFX in no time.”

José
said a simple integration process was another key factor in selecting
JavaFX because WhiteStone needed to protect its past technology
investments. However, since the original application was developed
on J2EE, José said introducing JavaFX was “straightforward.”
José said WhiteStone is now able to deliver more features on a
faster timeline “because our development capability has grown
very significantly with the technology change.” When asked
about what he liked most about using JavaFX in the service desk
application José responded: “For me, personally, is the
peace of mind that JavaFX gives me, because I know we have the
ability to maintain and grow our application with the level of
quality interaction and visual design that our users expect.”

Looking
to the future, José said the company is looking to continue
incorporating JavaFX into the rest of the service desk application
while also exploring the potential of using JavaFX for a mobile
platform to extend the capabilities of field service users.
WhiteStone is also working on deploying a system with a software UI
developed entirely in JavaFX for one of the leading hospitals in
Spain, that will help increase quality of life for patients. As
José
pointed out, when starting work on this new project “we knew we
could not just write another web interface...with JavaFX we had the
capacity to produce the application we envision, mixing an innovative
interactive design with great visual capabilities.”

To
learn
more about WhiteStone's experience with JavaFX, read the full
interview here.